Collection search - Dr. Charles H. Best : In the Service of Life

Record information – Brief

1

Dr. Charles H. Best : In the Service of Life

Item number (ISN):

11578

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1978-03-31

Item number (ISN):

11578

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

Link to this record

Add to My Research

Link to this record

This link identifies the web page describing this particular record. Unlike the temporary link in your browser, this link will allow you to access, and reference, this page in the future. To link to this descriptive record, copy and paste the URL where ever needed (wiki, blog, document).

Sign in

Sign in to start saving records using My Research

Sign in
Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, TELEVISION: VIDEOTAPE RECYCLING

Accession:

1985-0642

Media:

Video

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1978-03-31

Release date:

1978-03-31

Production company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Production credit:

director, Michael Rothery; producer, A.E. Powley; executive producer, Peter Kelly; script, Warren Wilson; editing, Gordon McClellan; photography, Stan Claxton; John C. Foster

Description:

Show detail Hide detail

This special presentation pays tribute to Dr. Charles Herbert Best, co-discoverer of insulin and Nobel prize-winner, on the occasion of his death on 31 March 1978. Stills and archival footage, interviews with Best, and excerpts from a CBC drama, review Best's early life and achievements in the field of medicine. Footage includes: archival shots of World War I casualities and flappers from the "Jazz Age" in Toronto; medical instruments used by Best and Dr. Frederick Banting in their 1921 experiments; newspaper headlines announcing the discovery of insulin in 1922 and the 1941 aeroplane crash that killed Banting; and stills of oil paintings by Best and of the Charles H. Best Institute in Toronto. Excerpts from the CBC production THE DISCOVERERS feature the initial discovery of insulin. Banting and Best are depicted using themselves as guinea pigs and portrayed reacting to the success of the first injection of insulin into a diabetic human. In interviews, several diabetics describe their illness before and after insulin treatment and Best discusses early influences on his decision to enter medical research. <30mn>

Subjects:

DIABETES~EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE~HISTORICAL DRAMA~INSULIN~LABORATORY ANIMALS~MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS~MEDICAL RESEARCH~WORLD WAR, 1914-1918~CHARLES H. BEST INSTITUTE ~GROUP OF SEVEN ~BANTING, FREDERICK~BEST, CHARLES HERBERT

Language:

English

Original number:

61-2-1724-6013

Detailed holdings information:

Show detail Hide detail

Vault ISN:

10198

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8601-0031

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

674914

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4_8601-0026.MXF

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V4 8601-0026

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

674915

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4_8601-0026.MP4

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V4 8601-0026

Status:

REF
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8601-0031

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD547

Restrictions on consultation:

To be Determined / À déterminer

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur

You can order materials in advance to be ready for you when you visit. You will need a user card to do this.

Cannot visit us on site? You can purchase a copy to be sent to you. Some restrictions may apply.